Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him